Process for producing acrolein and/or acrylic acid

a technology of acrylic acid and acrolein, which is applied in the preparation of carbonyl compounds, carbonyl compounds, oxygen-containing compounds, etc., can solve the problems of unsatisfactory processes and the price of starting gas, and achieve the effects of suppressing the catalytic activity during steady-state operation, high efficiency, and high temperature reaction

Active Publication Date: 2011-01-20
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO LTD
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[0008]We have engaged in concentrative research work with the view to accomplish the above object, to make a surprising discovery that reduction in the catalytic activity during the steady-state operation could be suppressed by running the initial stage operation at a temperature higher than that in the steady state operation, in advance of the steady state operation at the prescribed temperature, against the generally accepted view that a high temperature reaction is disadvantageous to catalyst life. In conventional gas-phase oxidation reactions, the oxidation is performed, by elevating the reaction temperature as the catalyst deteriorates with time, from the start-up (feeding of a starting gas) stage, whereby maintaining the catalytic activity. By contrast, in the present invention the catalyst layer disposed at the gas-inlet site is positively and temporarily exposed to high temperatures at the start-up stage of the gas-phase oxidation reaction whereby to activate the catalyst with high efficiency, and thereafter the reaction temperature is lowered to carry out the steady state operation. In said process, the catalyst exhibits high performance from the beginning of the steady state operation and the high catalytic activity is maintained continuously over a long period.

Problems solved by technology

Still in addition, price of its starting gas is rising drastically.
Thus, economically the processes are not yet fully satisfactory.

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[Preparation of the Catalyst]

[0033]In 2200 parts of distilled water, 350 parts of ammonium molybdate was dissolved under heating and stirring (solution A). Separately, 207 parts of cobalt nitrate and 86.5 parts of nickel nitrate were dissolved in 600 parts of distilled water (solution B). Also separately, 73.4 parts of ferric nitrate and 104 parts of bismuth nitrate were dissolved in an acidic solution formed by adding 25 parts of conc. nitric acid (65 mass %) to 350 parts of distilled water (solution C). These nitrate solutions (solutions B and C) were added to solution A dropwise, and successively 1.34 parts of potassium nitrate was added. Further adding 24.1 parts of antimony trioxide and 42.1 parts of alumina, a suspension was obtained. The resulting suspension was evaporated to dryness under heating and stirring to form a solid cake, which was dried at 200° C. and pulverized to not greater than 150 μm in size to provide a catalyst powder. Into a tumbling granulator 1350 parts o...

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[Preparation of the Catalyst]

[0039]In 3000 parts of distilled water, 500 parts of ammonium paramolybdate, 82.8 parts of ammonium metavanadate and 95.6 parts of ammonium paratungstate were dissolved under heating and stirring. Separately, 85.5 parts of copper nitrate and 41.2 parts of cobalt nitrate were dissolved in 300 parts of water under heating and stirring. The resulting two aqueous solutions were mixed, and to which 27.5 parts of antimony trioxide and 24.5 parts of titanium dioxide were added to form a suspension. The suspension was heated under stirring and evaporated, and the resulting evaporation residue was dried at 240° C., followed by pulverization to not greater than 150 μm is size to provide a catalyst powder. Into a centrifugal flow coating apparatus, 1605 parts of spherical silica-alumina carrier of 5.0 mm in average particle diameter was added, and then the catalyst powder together with 20 mass % aqueous glycerin solution as the binder were slowly fed into the appar...

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[0044]Into a fixed bed shell-and-tube type reactor composed of approximately 9,500 reaction tubes (each having an inner diameter of 25 mm and a length of 6,000 mm) and a shell for passing a heating medium therethrough and for covering the reaction tubes, catalyst 2, catalyst 1, SUS Raschig rings each having an outer diameter of 8 mm, catalyst 4 and catalyst 3 were dropped from the top of each of the reaction tubes by the order stated, making the lengths of respective layers as follows: catalyst 2, 900 mm; catalyst 1, 2,000 mm; Raschig rings, 200 mm, catalyst 4, 700 mm; and catalyst 3, 2,200 mm. A 50 mm-thick partition plate to divide the shell into the upper and lower parts was installed at the position 3,000 mm from the bottom of the shell, and in both of the upper and lower shell spaces a heating medium was circulated upwards from the lower part. Hereafter the reaction zone loaded with catalysts 1 and 2 is referred to as the first reaction zone, and the reaction zone load...

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Abstract

In industrial scale production of acrolen and/or acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propylene or a propylene-containing gas with molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas or in industrial scale production of acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of acrolein or an acrolein-containing gas with molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas, this invention provides a process characterized in that the initial stage operation is carried out under advancedly elevated reaction temperature and thereafter the reaction temperature is lowered to carry out the steady state operation. According to this process, acrolein and/or acrylic acid can be produced in high yield stably over prolonged period.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]This invention relates to a process for producing acrolein and / or acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propylene or a propylene-containing gas with molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas, or an improvement in a process for producing acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of acrolein or an acrolein-containing gas, with molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Acrylic acid is industrially important as a starting material for various synthetic resins, paints, plasticizing agents and the like. In recent years, importance of acrylic acid particularly as a starting material of water absorbent resins gathers weight and the demand therefore tends to increase.[0003]For production of acrylic acid, new processes such as catalytic vapor-phase oxidation of the acrolein which is obtained through dehydration of glycerin from natural sources have been proposed in recent years. However, two-stage catalytic gas-ph...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C07C53/12C07C27/12
CPCC07C45/35C07C51/252C07C47/22C07C57/04
Inventor TANIMOTO, MICHIOHAKOZAKI, NOBUYUKI
Owner NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO LTD
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